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ROCKHAMPTON, Australia \u2014 In the dawn light of July 24, Japanese and American amphibious vehicles churned through the sparkling coastal waters of the Coral Sea, before emerging onto the sands of a central Queensland beach in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two hours to the east, another amphibious lodgment was occurring simultaneously at Freshwater Beach. This time the main participants were Australia and South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two events, part of a combined joint forcible entry operation, formed the culminating activity for Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025, held in Australia from July 13-27. They were the most sophisticated amphibious landings ever attempted in the eleven iterations of Talisman Sabre so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe maintained a high operational tempo during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25, which was designed to provide intense training to ensure our forces are capable, interoperable, deployable on short notice and combat ready,\u201d Rear Adm. Tom Shultz, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group Seven (ESG-7) and therefore in charge of the U.S. amphibious contingent, told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shultz said the Navy \u201cembraced cooperation and interoperability,\u201d demonstrated by interactions with 14 ships and expeditionary forces from six nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\t